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		<title>Windows Phone Camps – Powered by UK Tech.Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to start developing for Windows Phone, but not yet taken the plunge? Then this free day of training is the quickest way to find out all you need to know. The Windows Phone Camps will show you how to &#8230; <a href="http://wpug.net/2011/09/05/windows-phone-camps-%e2%80%93-powered-by-uk-tech-days/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Want to start developing for Windows Phone, but not yet taken the plunge? Then this free day of training is the quickest way to find out all you need to know.</p>
<p>The Windows Phone Camps will show you how to learn and build Windows Phone apps from scratch. You&#8217;ll be guided through the development process with a series of hands-on workshops and short tutorials, with some seasoned experts to give you one on one help when you need it. There&#8217;ll be topics like; Introduction to Windows Phone Development, Controls &amp; Control Toolkit, Execution Model, Storing Data, Launchers &amp; Choosers, Accessing Cloud Services, Marketplace &amp; Submission. Also, there will be informal Mango tutorial sessions on offer covering topics such as Multi-tasking, Debugging &amp; Profiling, Motion API, Advertising SDK and Sockets. There&#8217;s even an introductory design session to help you make your app look its best. Just pick the workshops that are most useful for you and work at your own pace.</p>
<p>Once you&#8217;ve got the basics, you’ll be off and running and ready to develop your own apps. You can work on your own projects with assistance from our Windows Phone MVPs, and of course there&#8217;s the all-important opportunity to meet up with likeminded devs.</p>
<p>The camp kicks off at 9am and finish at 6pm. By registering and attending, you will receive (fanfare please) an exclusive Windows Phone Design Guide Sketch Pad as well as your own customized <a href="http://www.thehitandrun.com/index.html">Hit &amp; Run</a> Windows Phone Camp T-shirt. Woot woot!</p>
<p>Spaces are limited, so register your place in the Windows Phone Camp today!</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032492888&amp;Culture=en-GB">London &#8211; Saturday 17 September</a></li>
<li><a href="https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032492906&amp;Culture=en-GB">Manchester &#8211; Saturday 24 September</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Got a question? You might find the answer below&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><em>How much do I need to know about Windows Phone to attend this camp? </em></strong></p>
<p>You don&#8217;t need any prior experience or knowledge about Windows Phone or app development to attend. The purpose of the camp is to provide you with the basic skills and knowledge to get started with learning about Windows Phone app development.</p>
<p><strong><em>Who can attend these camps? </em></strong></p>
<p>Students, developers, hobbyist, technology enthusiasts. Everyone is welcome! All we ask is that you are ready and keen to learn about developing apps for Windows Phone.</p>
<p><strong><em>How much does it cost to attend this camp?</em></strong></p>
<p>Your luck&#8217;s in &#8211; it&#8217;s free.</p>
<p><strong><em>What do I need to prepare in advance to make the most of this camp? </em></strong></p>
<p>There are a basic set of things you should prepare before attending the camp. This includes bringing your own suitable laptop with the <a href="http://create.msdn.com/en-gb/?ocid=otc-n-gb-Non-loc--">Windows Phone Developer tools</a> installed (these are free), preferably the latest version of the tools.</p>
<p>It would also be useful if you could read the following documentation:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ff402529(v=VS.92).aspx?ocid=otc-n-gb-Non-loc--">Getting Started with Windows Phone Development</a></li>
<li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/hh202915(v=VS.92).aspx?ocid=otc-n-gb-Non-loc--">User Experience Design Guidelines for Windows Phone</a></li>
</ul>
<p>If you have a Windows Phone please bring it with you.</p>
<p><strong><em>Are you holding these camps elsewhere in the country? </em></strong></p>
<p>Yes, this is a series of Windows Phone Camps kicking off around the country. Follow us on Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/ukmsdn">ukmsdn</a>) to see where we’re visiting next.</p>
<p><strong><em>What if I&#8217;ve registered already and can&#8217;t make it on the day? </em></strong></p>
<p>Please let us know as soon as you can if you can&#8217;t make the camp as there will be plenty of people who are keen to take your spot. Please respect the trainers and your fellow delegates by turning up if you&#8217;ve registered and committed. Thanks!</p>
<p><strong><em>Who are </em></strong><a href="http://www.thehitandrun.com/index.html"><strong><em>Hit &amp; Run</em></strong></a><strong><em>?</em></strong></p>
<p>They&#8217;re do cool live on-site event screen-printing. You&#8217;ll get the chance to create your very own t-shirt with your unique design at the end of the camp.</p>
<p><strong><em>What’s the Windows Phone Design Sketch Pad? </em></strong></p>
<p>In the spirit of highlighting good design, we intend to provide each attendee with an exclusive Windows Phone design sketch pad with Windows Phone design guidelines as well as open spaces and templates to sketch your next big Windows Phone app idea. Great stuff!</p>
<p>Register at the event of your choice below. Go on. You know you want to.</p>
<p><a href="https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032492888&amp;Culture=en-GB">London &#8211; Saturday 17 September</a></p>
<p><a href="https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032492906&amp;Culture=en-GB">Manchester &#8211; Saturday 24 September</a></p>
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		<title>We’re sponsoring an event at Rough Trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re sponsoring an event a the Rough Trade East store on Sept 7th. Not only will there be live music and free t-shirt printing courtesy of our friends at Hit+Run but we&#8217;ve doing this because we&#8217;ve arranged an opportunity to &#8230; <a href="http://wpug.net/2011/08/30/were-sponsoring-an-event-at-rough-trade/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://wpug.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/teebs_event.png"><img src="http://wpug.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/teebs_event.png" alt="" title="Rough Trade instore September 7th" width="450" height="900" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-335" /></a></p>
<p>We&#8217;re sponsoring an event a the Rough Trade East store on Sept 7th.<br />
Not only will there be live music and free t-shirt printing courtesy of our friends at <a href="http://thehitandrun.com/">Hit+Run</a> but we&#8217;ve doing this because we&#8217;ve arranged an opportunity to meet the artists performing to discuss the chance to collaborate on app development. Maybe you&#8217;ve got ideas on how to use their music or artwork in an app or would just be in interesting in exploring how you may be able to collaborate. Come and show them what you&#8217;ve made and pitch your ideas.</p>
<p>The artists performing are:<br />
•	<strong>Teebs</strong> – a producer and artist from Los Angeles, signed to the Brainfeeder label run by Flying Lotus. Check out his facebook page at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/teebsio">http://www.facebook.com/teebsio</a><br />
•	<strong>Jeremiah Jae</strong> &#8211; an experimental Producer, Rapper, Visual Artist, and Multi-instrumentalist based out of Chicago, as well as a recording artist on Brainfeeder/ Warp Records. <a href="http://jeremiahjae.tumblr.com/">http://jeremiahjae.tumblr.com/</a><br />
•	<strong>Kutmah</strong> – a talented artist and DJ who recently held an exhibition titled “Two Soups &#038; A Honeybun”, the full collection of 39 drawings Kutmah created in prison. <a href="http://www.brandyflower.com/kutmah/index.html">http://www.brandyflower.com/kutmah/index.html </a></p>
<p>More event details at <a href="http://www.roughtrade.com/site/instore.lasso">http://www.roughtrade.com/site/instore.lasso </a></p>
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		<title>Videos of last weeks meeting are now online.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you weren&#8217;t able to make our meeting last week and want to know what you missed then the videos (courtesy of Richard) are now available. You&#8217;ll find the links to each video on the meetings page.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you weren&#8217;t able to make our meeting last week and want to know what you missed then the videos (courtesy of <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/igneoussoftware">Richard</a>) are now available.<br />
You&#8217;ll find the links to each video on the <a href="http://wpug.net/meetings/">meetings page</a>.</p>
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		<title>Cakes!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At our meeting last week we had some lovely cup cakes (courtesy of Igneous Software) to belatedly celebrate our first birthday. They tasted as good as they looked.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At our meeting last week we had some lovely cup cakes (courtesy of <a href="http://www.ignii.com/software/">Igneous Software</a>) to belatedly celebrate our first birthday.<br />
They tasted as good as they looked.</p>
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		<title>We are not a review site</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve started to get a few people asking us to write reviews of their apps. That&#8217;s not what we&#8217;re here for. The Windows Phone User Group exists to allow those interested in designing and developing for Windows Phone to learn &#8230; <a href="http://wpug.net/2011/08/21/we-are-not-a-review-site/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve started to get a few people asking us to write reviews of their apps.<br />
That&#8217;s not what we&#8217;re here for.</p>
<p>The Windows Phone User Group exists to allow those interested in designing and developing for Windows Phone to learn from and with each other.<br />
If you want to promote your app via the group then come to a meeting and give us a demo.<br />
We&#8217;ll give you 10-15 minutes to tell us about your app:</p>
<ul>
<li>What does the app do?</li>
<li>Why did you build it?</li>
<li>Were there any problems you had during development? And how did you overcome them?</li>
<li>What did you learn from the development of the app?</li>
<li>What’s the best thing about the app?</li>
<li>What do you have planned for future versions?</li>
</ul>
<p>I&#8217;m sure your apps are wonderful and there are lots of websites which would like to write about them but we&#8217;re not one of them.</p>
<p>That being said, if you are a member of our group (if you&#8217;ve come to a meeting then you qualify) and would be interested in writing some reviews for this site then get in touch.</p>
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		<title>Book review: Professional Windows 7 Game Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been working with the Silverlight Show to get some of our members to write reviews of some of the Windows Phone 7 development related books that are available. Paul has just published his: Writing a book for XNA on Windows Phone &#8230; <a href="http://wpug.net/2011/08/19/book-review-professional-windows-7-game-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve been working with the <a href="http://www.silverlightshow.net/">Silverlight Show</a> to get some of our members to write reviews of some of the Windows Phone 7 development related books that are available.</p>
<p>Paul has just published his:</p>
<blockquote><p>Writing a book for XNA on Windows Phone 7 (WP7) is challenging proposition, not because it is a difficult subject but because of the varied audiences. The opening chapter of ‘Professional Windows Phone 7 Game Development – Creating Games Using XNA Game Studio-4 (Wrox – Chris G.Williams, George W.Clingerman)’  explains who the book is pitched at; XNA developers who want to take advantage of a WP7 mobile platform, iOS/Android developers who want to add WP7 to their channels, and the .net developer who is a mild mannered business pro by day but wants to flex those gamer muscles by night. So is it possible to write a book to satisfy such a range of skills?</p></blockquote>
<p>Read <a href="http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/Review-of-Professional-Windows-7-Game-Development.aspx">the full article</a>.</p>
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		<title>Book Review: Windows Phone 7 Game Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been working with the Silverlight Show to get some of our members to write reviews of some of the Windows Phone 7 development related books that are available. The first is now available: Gaming has exploded in popularity in &#8230; <a href="http://wpug.net/2011/08/19/book-review-windows-phone-7-game-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve been working with the <a href="http://www.silverlightshow.net/">Silverlight Show</a> to get some of our members to write reviews of some of the Windows Phone 7 development related books that are available.</p>
<p>The first is now available:</p>
<blockquote><p>Gaming has exploded in popularity in recent years, more so on mobile devices. With these devices getting more powerful and more accessible, a wealth of possibilities is now open for developers.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read <a href="http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/Book-Review-Windows-Phone-7-Game-Development.aspx">the full article.</a></p>
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		<title>Now on Facebook and LinkedIn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to demand for a place on line where members of the group can continue the discussions they have at meetings, you can now find us on Facebook and LinkedIn.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In response to demand for a place on line where members of the group can continue the discussions they have at meetings, you can now find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Windows-Phone-User-Group-UK/176619915707946">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4028982">LinkedIn</a>.</p>
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		<title>Videos of Windows Phone 7 sessions at Tech.Days available</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The videos of the Windows Phone sessions from Tech.Days are available online. You can now see what you missed if you couldn&#8217;t attend or relive it if you&#8217;ve forgotten. Windows Phone – State of the Union (Brandon Watson) From Zero &#8230; <a href="http://wpug.net/2011/07/07/videos-of-windows-phone-7-sessions-at-tech-days-available/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The videos of the Windows Phone sessions from Tech.Days are available online.<br />
You can now see what you missed if you couldn&#8217;t attend or relive it if you&#8217;ve forgotten.</p>
<p><a href="http://uktechdays.cloudapp.net/techdays-live/windows-phone-–-state-of-the-union.aspx">Windows Phone – State of the Union</a> (Brandon Watson)</p>
<p><a href="http://uktechdays.cloudapp.net/techdays-live/from-zero-to-hero-getting-your-apps-on-marketplace.aspx">From Zero to Hero &#8211; Getting your Apps on Marketplace</a> (Brandon Watson)</p>
<p><a href="http://uktechdays.cloudapp.net/techdays-live/creating-a-beautiful-windows-phone-7-application.aspx">Creating a Beautiful Windows Phone 7 Application</a> (Gergely Orosz)</p>
<p><a href="http://uktechdays.cloudapp.net/techdays-live/banishing-the-slow-and-other-cheesy-cliches.aspx">Banishing the Slow and other cheesy cliches</a> (Oren Nachman)</p>
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		<title>Do you want a .app domain for your app?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2012 ICANN will make the gTLD of .app available. As you can imagine, there is likely to be a lot of interest in controlling this due to the potential demand for such domains. The .app project is a community &#8230; <a href="http://wpug.net/2011/07/06/do-you-want-a-app-domain-for-your-app/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2012 ICANN will make the gTLD of .app available. As you can imagine, there is likely to be a lot of interest in controlling this due to the potential demand for such domains.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://dotappapp.com/">.app project</a> is a community funded and executed project to obtain rights to the .app gTLD:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;We’re looking to gain support from the community together the funds necessary to build and operate the .app gTLD in perpetuity. Our aim is to keep the .app gTLD open and accessible such that it becomes an entity that properly support the mobile application software development community, particularly in areas of intellectual property protection.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The project is currently looking to gain support and raise the necessary funds to run the gTLD.</p>
<p><strong>So why should you care?</strong></p>
<p>Well, if you ever think you might want a .app domain and don&#8217;t want to have to pay huge amounts for it then you may benefit from offering your support now.</p>
<p><strong>What can you do?</strong></p>
<p>Head on over to the <a href="http://dotappapp.com/">website</a> and register you interest then follow them on twitter at <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/dotappapp">@dotappapp</a>.</p>
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